BIOS very out of date

[jwp5123]

Hi all,

I'm a new user but I'm hoping by the name of these forums that someone on here with more tech knowledge will be able to help me figure out what I'm doing wrong.

I currently have a abit IL9 pro V 1.0 motherboard and a Windows 7 64 bit system. I wanted to upgrade my processor to get rid of some problems so I decided to go from an Intel Core 2 CPU 6400 @ 2.13GHz (2 CPUs) to an Intel Core2 Duo E7500.

I was very excited for it to get here and when I finally installed it I received a message when starting up my system that the new hardware was not supported by the motherboard.

I checked out some pages online and was recommended to update my BIOS. I checked the latest version of my BIOS and it is pretty out of date and looks similar to when I built this computer (10/27/2006). I went to the abit website and there are new BIOS versions available however when I try to install them it says they are only compatible on 32bit systems.

So all in all I feel pretty helpless and stupid that I just spent $130 on this CPU and I don't know what to do or whether I need to buy a new computer or motherboard or return this CPU for something else.

Any help would be appreciated more than you can imagine.

Thanks


My video card is a ATI Radeon HD 4650.

[ajones]

Not sure whether your confusing BIOS with mobo drivers. I found this from the Abit website for the IL9 Pro:

http://www.abit.com.tw/page/en/downl...ET_TYPE=LGA775

where there are BIOS updates upto 17/9/2007, with instructions on how to install it. Double check that this is the correct Mobo etc.

[ajones]

[EDIT]
Just checked the CPU compatibility listings... no E7500

http://www.abit.com.tw/cpu-support-l...-core2-duo.htm

Reckon you are SOL I'm afraid.

Doesn't mean that yours won't work, but it's never been tested for compatibility and your mobo probably won't be able to read the CPUID properly.

[Rolo01]

Look here :
http://www.abit.com.tw/cpu-support-l...5p_il9-pro.htm
As the E7300 is in the list, I think there is a good chance that the E7500 will work as well.
Flash the latest bios in plain DOS mode, use a floppy disk or a USB stick to boot into DOS.
Latest bios should be v.13 :
ftp.abit.com.tw/pub/download/bios/il9p/m620zf13.zip

Link for setting up a bootable USB stick :
http://www.bios-mods.com/forum/Threa...able-DOS-Guide